公开(公告)号：US20240215183A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18492267

申请日：2023-10-23

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takayuki Morino ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Daisuke Takahashi

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H05K5/0226 ,  G06F1/1618

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, first plate supported by the first chassis member, second plate supported by the second chassis member and aligned with a gap between the first plate and the second plate, display formed in a sheet shape having flexibility, first fastening portion that fixes the first plate to the first chassis member, and second fastening portion that fixes the second plate to the second chassis member. The first plate has a protruding portion that protrudes from a rear surface, and the first chassis member has a wall portion that faces the protruding portion. A stopper member is interposed between the protruding portion and the wall portion and restricts relative movement of the first plate with respect to the first chassis member in an alignment direction of the first plate and the second plate.

公开(公告)号：US11579654B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US17084090

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Fumitake Mizoguchi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Tatsuya Ushioda ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: A portable information device capable of supporting a display is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis member and a second chassis member connected mutually rotatable, a first support plate that supports a display on the side of the first chassis member, a second support plate that supports the display on the side of the second chassis member, a first locking member including a first fixing portion to be fixed to the rear face of the first support plate with adhesive, and a first locking piece projecting from one end face of the first support plate, the first locking piece being configured to come in contact with and separate from the rear face of the second support plate. The first support plate includes a first contact face with which the first locking member comes in contact and a first adhesive face that fixes the first locking member with the adhesive. The first adhesive face is recessed from the first contact face by a thickness of the adhesive.

公开(公告)号：US11579513B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US17178796

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Wenjin Niu ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Sara Akiyama

IPC: G03B11/04 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An information device has a camera cover unit that is fixed to an upper edge in the outside of a display device in a back cover. The camera cover unit includes a cover case that is fixed to the upper edge and a cover body that is housed in the cover case and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The cover body includes an end that is placed in the first position to cover the front of the camera and placed in the second position to avoid the front of the camera, and a leaf spring that is elastically deformable inward and outward of the frame of the upper edge.

公开(公告)号：US20220149337A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17175803

申请日：2021-02-15

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Shigehiro Horiuchi ,  Tatsuya Ushioda ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takehito Yamauchi

IPC: H01L51/56 ,  H01L51/52 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device that can prevent deformation of a flexible display is provided. A raw material sheet that serves as a metal sheet of the flexible display has a width that is greater than a width of the display body in Y direction and a plurality of holes are provided in a bent area of the raw material sheet over an entire width along a bent section of the display body. The method includes: mounting the display body on the raw material sheet such that the bent section and the bent area are aligned and that the display body avoids the end portions in the Y direction; applying pressure to the display body from a central part of the display body toward a periphery of the display body; and cutting the raw material sheet into a predetermined size.

公开(公告)号：US20220121239A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17178527

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Tatsuya Ushioda ,  Shigehiro Horiuchi

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis coupled to be rotatable relative to the first chassis; a first plate fixed to the first chassis; a second plate fixed to the second chassis to be adjacent to the first plate; a display having a bending region; a first locking piece protruding from the first plate beyond a first end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the second plate; a second locking piece protruding from the second plate beyond a second end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the first plate; and a protruding part provided to protrude from at least one of the first end face and the second end face toward the other to come into contact with the other in a flat plate form.

公开(公告)号：US20210365072A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US16930491

申请日：2020-07-16

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Tatsuya Ushioda ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Tetsuya Sano

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof; a spine member provided across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form; and a cushion portion provided in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form.

公开(公告)号：US11089696B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16749548

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Shigehiro Horiuchi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Kenji Watamura ,  Fumitake Mizoguchi

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: The portable information device includes: a first chassis member; a second chassis member relatively turnably (i.e., foldably) connected to the first chassis member; a first support plate fastened to the first chassis member; a second support plate that is fastened to the second chassis member and provided adjacent to the first support plate; a display whose back surface is supported by respective front surfaces of the first and second support plates; and an adhesive member that adheres to the front surfaces of the first and second support plates and the back surface of the display and fastens them together. Furthermore, an area that overlaps with at least a folding area includes a weak adhesive section in which an adhesive force of the adhesive member between the first and second support plates and the display is reduced to be lower than the other section.

公开(公告)号：US11079793B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US15387044

申请日：2016-12-21

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Fumitake Mizoguchi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Yoshihisa Ishihara ,  Keita Ishikawa

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/20 ,  B32B29/00 ,  B32B27/06 ,  B32B25/08 ,  B32B25/02 ,  B32B25/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B25/20 ,  B32B37/26

Abstract: An adhesive member is disclosed. The adhesive member includes a first release element, a second release element and a body. The body includes a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface. The body also includes a first end face and a second end face. The first end face forms an acute angle with the first release element located on the body. The second end face faces the first end face and forms an obtuse angle with the second release element of the body.

公开(公告)号：US20200272208A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16409715

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Kazuhiro Kosugi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Masahiro Tokuno ,  Takuo Yamagishi

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base, an object detecting section, and a chassis that houses the base and the object detecting section. The object detecting section includes a substrate and a detecting element that is provided on a first principal surface of the substrate and is configured to detect a wave coming from an object and output a detection signal. The object detecting section is mounted on the base with the first principal surface facing the base. The base has a long passage hole that allows the wave to pass therethrough toward the detecting element. A longer direction of the passage hole is along a first direction that is a substantially horizontal direction when the chassis adopts a reference posture.

公开(公告)号：US20200264664A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16505729

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Fumitake Mizoguchi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Shigehiro Horiuchi ,  Sara Akiyama

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: A panel device includes a panel; a display chassis surrounded by a bottom surface portion and a side wall portion, and having a space with a shape substantially identical to the shape of the panel, the display chassis being for accommodating the panel in the space; an adhesive member for adhering at least a part of the rear surface of the panel and the bottom surface portion of the display chassis, wherein the display chassis has a sloping face defined on an opposed portion of the side wall portion, the opposed portion being opposed to at least the side end portion of the panel.