This Microsoft patent teaches us how the hinge system could be in a possible flexible screen

We keep going around with Microsoft patents and again one that refers to a concept that gains more strength with each passing day: flexible screens. And despite the bumpy landing (the example is the Samsung Galaxy Fold), there are many manufacturers who see in them the immediate future of consumer electronicsAnd we are seeing them in all kinds of products.

Huawei Mate X is fast approaching, we know Lenovo will offer its flexible dual screen tablet in 2020 and Microsoft may join this trend.For now there is no real concept, a product to stick to, but the patents they release are many and may mean that the project is more than advanced.

And in this case the patent, filed with the USPTO, refers to one of the key elements for the success of these devices and if not ask Samsung. We are talking about the hinge and the opening system of the device, a piece that they are working on to achieve a good final result.

The new Microsoft patent, which has just been published by the USPTO, refers to a foldable device, perhaps running Windows 10, and focuses on the mechanism of opening it A hinge very similar to the one currently included in the Surface Book range.

The patent refers to two screens joined by an exoskeletal hinge that is attached to each of the parts, allowing the union of the same. A hinge that allows the device to be opened at different angles.

A design that seeks to solve the problems that flexible screens are currently facing, especially the technical challenge of keep the flexible display in a neutral environment during the entire process of opening and rotating the two hinges.

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Patent titled Flexible Display Hinge Device and was published by the USPTO on June 27, 2019, if Well, Microsoft has been working on it for a long time, since it was presented in December 2017."

When will we see this patent come true? For now it is just that, just a patent, and we can only wait to see if we finally see it reach a device in real life.

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