Samsung demonstrated a variety of folding screen device styles at CES 2022, including folding tables and folding screen phones. According to the latest news, a Samsung laptop design patent has been approved by the World Intellectual Property Organization, showing a new folding form.
This notebook is similar in shape to traditional products, but there is a gap in the center of the screen and keyboard for folding. It can be seen from the picture that the gap in the center of the screen is relatively obvious. It is expected that a flexible folding screen will not be used, but two independent screens will be spliced together.
Another image shows the internal structure of the notebook, how it is folded. The keyboard of this product can be separated, and the left and right parts have independent batteries, which are connected by magnetic attraction, and there are metal contacts in the center. The left half of the keyboard integrates core components such as computer processors, microcontrollers, and power modules, while the right half has fewer components.
When this Samsung notebook needs to be folded, the left and right parts of the keyboard can be separated first, and then folded in half with the screen respectively, and finally, the screen is folded outwards to form a four-layer structure. When folded, the area of the laptop is a quarter of that when unfolded.
It can also be seen from the above picture that there are three multimedia control keys on the side of the notebook, which are placed inside the screen hinge. It is expected that this computer can be used as a portable player after storage.