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US 10,310,556 B2Granted
Information handling system multi-torque dual axis hinge
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorChristopher T. Barnard
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Abstract
An information handling system rotationally couples first and second housing portions to each other with a dual axis hinge having proximately located dual axis assemblies with aligned parallel axes. A tensile member routed through each dual axis assembly and coupled to opposing front and rear faces motivate synchronized motion of the parallel dual axis assemblies without a geared mechanism. Torque regions defined by each dual axis assembly coordinate housing portion resistance to rotation at predetermined portions of the relative rotational movement.
Claims14
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing adapted to contain processing components and having a first and a second portion;
- the processing components disposed in the second portion of the housing including at least a processor and memory that cooperate to process information;
- a display integrated in the first portion of the housing and interfaced with the processing components to present information as visual images;
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- a hinge rotationally coupling the first portion and the second portion of the housing to each other,
- the hinge having a first dual axis assembly and a second dual axis assembly,
- the first dual axis assembly and the second dual axis assembly are in parallel alignment;
- the first dual axis assembly having a first axis coupled to a first support, a second axis coupled to a second support, and
- the second dual axis assembly having a first axis coupled to a third support, a second axis coupled to a fourth support;
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- a first tensile member coupled to the first support and the second support,
- the first support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the first portion of the housing and a front face exposed at the first portion of the housing, the second support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the second portion of the housing and a front face exposed at the second portion of the housing, the first tensile member coupled to the front face of the first support and the rear face of the second support;
- a second tensile member coupled to the third support and the fourth support, the third support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the first portion of the housing and a front face exposed at the first portion of the housing, the fourth support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the second portion of the housing and a front face exposed at the second portion of the housing, the second tensile member coupled to the rear face of the third support and the front face of the fourth support;
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- the first tensile member and the second tensile member are aligned in parallel to each other.
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A hinge comprising:
- a first dual axis assembly and a second dual axis assembly,
- the first dual axis assembly and second dual axis assembly are in parallel alignment;
- the first dual axis assembly having a first axis coupled to a first support, a second axis coupled to a second support, and
- the second dual axis assembly having a first axis coupled to a third support, a second axis coupled to a fourth support;
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- a first base coupled to the a rear face of the first support and the third support of the first dual axis assembly;
- a second base coupled to the a rear face of the second support and fourth support of the second dual axis assembly,
- the first base and the second base are holding the first dual axis assembly and the second dual axis assembly in parallel alignment;
- the first base comprises a first portion of an information handling system housing;
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- the second base comprises a second portion of the information handling system housing,
- the hinge rotationally coupling the first portion and the second portion of the information handling system housing to each other;
- a first tensile member coupled to the first support and the second support,
- the first support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the first portion of the an information handling system housing and a front face exposed at the first portion of the an information handling system housing, the second support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the second portion of the an information handling system housing and a front face exposed at the second portion of the an information handling system housing, the first tensile member coupled to the front face of the first support and the rear face of second support;
- a second tensile member coupled to the third support and the fourth support, the third support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the first portion of the an information handling system housing and a front face exposed at the first portion of the an information handling system housing, the fourth support having a planar shape with a rear face coupled against the second portion of the an information handling system housing and a front face exposed at the second portion of the an information handling system housing, the second tensile member coupled to the rear face of the third support and the front face of the fourth support;
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- the first tensile member and the second tensile member are aligned in parallel to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.