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Micro-hinge for an electronic device

US10036187B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

22References

21Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Bok Eng Cheah · Air Itam, MY
Howe Yin Loo · Bayan Lepas, MY
Min Suet Lim · Kampung Bukit Kechil, MY
Chung Peng Jackson Kong · George Town, MY
Poh Tat Oh · Bayan Lepas, MY

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is provided including a docking device to accept a computing device, the docking device including a keyboard and a hinge to connect the computing device to the keyboard, the hinge is configured to allow the computing device, when connected to the hinge, to rotate relative to the keyboard in a laptop orientation. The hinge includes a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments at least partially enclosed in a flexible covering, and each hinge segment is to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge.

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