Oppo’s Book-Style Foldable Tablet Design Spotted in Patent Document

Oppo has been granted a patent in China for a foldable pill. The patent doc offers us a detailed take a look at the corporate’s design for a book-style foldable pill with rounded corners, from varied angles. The folding system could possibly be geared toward enterprise customers or those that need a compact leisure system. Oppo might equip the foldable pill with a single outer digicam, and the system is proven to function a USB Type-C port on one of many folding panels.

Oppo’s Patent Describes a Foldable Tablet With Rounded Corners

Details of Oppo’s foldable pill are seen in patent CN 309147396 S revealed on the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) portal. The firm filed its patent utility (202230375288.6) for the book-style foldable pill in June 2022, and it was granted earlier this month (by way of 91Mobiles).

Another picture of the foldable pill from Oppo’s patent doc
Photo Credit: CNIPA/ Oppo

While the doc does not embrace detailed descriptions of the foldable pill, it’s filled with descriptions that exhibit its design. It showcases the system in varied views — in folded, partially unfolded, and absolutely unfolded modes.

Oppo’s patent doc incorporates illustrations of a foldable pill with a single outer digicam, positioned on one of many folding panels, which has the ability button on one edge. There are not any seen parts on the opposite panel, which is proven to function a USB Type-C port and quantity buttons on its edges.

The foldable pill seen in the patent doc seems to be fairly skinny, even when folded. It has rounded corners, which might make it comfy to carry and use for prolonged intervals. The figures in the doc additionally counsel that the system might function a hinge that minimises the hole between each foldable panels when shut.

It’s price noting that Oppo has but to announce any plans to launch a book-style foldable pill, and the presence of those designs in the patent doc isn’t a sign that the corporate is engaged on a business model of the pill. Apple can be reportedly engaged on a foldable pill, that could possibly be launched subsequent yr.