Hewlett-Packard applied for a patent for folding equipment and adopted a ＂three-fold screen＂ design.

　　IT House reported on November 13th that HP seems to be developing a brand-new folding device. Judging from the current patent map, its shape is quite different from Spectre Fold released last year. HP stopped using the "Spectre" brand earlier this year.

　　The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published a 16-page patent document submitted by HP. The document was submitted in April 2021, but it was not officially made public until November this year. The document describes a foldable device in detail, which adopts flexible display screen, hinge and spring mechanism and can be folded into a compact shape.

　　As can be seen from the patent drawing, the device adopts a "three-fold screen" design, which can fold both sides of the screen inward to form a more compact shape, which is more "extreme" than the folding method of Spectre Fold.

　　Hewlett-Packard said in the patent document: "The progress of flexible flat panel display technology, especially the development of rollable display screen, makes it possible to manufacture thinner and more portable products."

　　It is worth noting that HP has abandoned traditional brands such as Spectre, Pavilion and Envy this year, and launched brand-new Omni and Elite brands, which are aimed at consumers and enterprises respectively. Spectre Fold, launched last year, is a 17-inch folding screen laptop with a price as high as $4,999.99 (Note from IT House: currently about RMB 36,189), equipped with Intel Core i7-1250U processor, 16GB memory and 1TB solid state drive.

　　It is worth mentioning that Huawei has previously launched the world’s first three-fold mobile phone Mate X, and Samsung has also applied for a three-fold mobile phone patent.