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Micro-hinge for an electronic device

US10041282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23References

19Claims

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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	Dec 24, 2015
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

A personal computing device is provided with a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion. The hinge is configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion. The hinge can be implemented as a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge to enable the rotation of the first housing portion.

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