Patent ID: 11893177
Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
(a) a flexible touch-sensitive display composed of a first flexible touch-sensitive display portion and a second flexible touch-sensitive display portion; wherein:
(1) the first flexible touch-sensitive display portion is attached to a first structural support segment;
(2) the second flexible touch-sensitive display portion is attached to a second structural support segment:
(3) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a fully folded state;
(4) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a partially expanded state;
(5) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a fully expanded state;

(b) an array of adjacent haptic elements mounted to and cantilevered from a flat rectilinear plate structure that spans across the width and height of at least one of the structural support segments which is held within the structural support segment and situated directly underneath the flexible touch-sensitive display, whereby the flat rectilinear plate structure and a plurality of adjacent flat rectilinear plate structures are affixed to the underside of the flexible touch-sensitive display such that the haptic elements can be moved through rotary motions where the individual center axes of each of the rotary motions are situated perpendicular to the length of the flat rectilinear plate structure to physically flex the surface of the flexible touch-sensitive display.