Linking mechanism for a computing device with a rotatable display member
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChan Park, Jr., Wen-Yo Lu, Chad Patrick Paris
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. One example computing device includes a base member, a support member rotatably connected to the base member at a first end of the support member, via a fixed shaft around a first axis of rotation, and a display member rotatably connected at a second end of the support member opposite the first end, around a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation. The computing device includes a linking mechanism disposed within the support member.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- a base member;
- a support member rotatably connected to the base member at a first end of the support member, via a fixed shaft around a first axis of rotation;
- a display member rotatably connected at a second end of the support member opposite the first end, around a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation;
- and
- a linking mechanism disposed within the support member, wherein the linking mechanism is to traverse coplanar with the support member, wherein, when the computing device is to change from a first operation mode to a second operation mode, the linking mechanism is to link rotation of the support member around the first axis of rotation with rotation of the display member around the second axis of rotation.
A computing device comprising:
- a base member;
- a support member rotatably connected to the base member at a first end of the support member, via a fixed shaft around a first axis of rotation;
- a display member rotatably connected at a second end of the support member opposite the first end, around a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation;
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- a linking mechanism disposed within the support member, wherein the linking mechanism is to traverse coplanar with the support member, wherein, when the computing device is to change from a first operation mode to a second operation mode, the linking mechanism is to lock the rotation of the support member around the first axis of rotation until the display member is to be rotated around the second axis of rotation.
A computing device comprising:
- a base member;
- a support member rotatably connected to the base member at a first end of the support member, via a fixed shaft around a first axis of rotation;
- a display member rotatably connected at a second end of the support member opposite the first end, around a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation;
- and
- a linking mechanism disposed within the support member, wherein the linking mechanism is to traverse coplanar with the support member, wherein the linking mechanism comprises:
- a first mechanism rotatably connected to the base member via the shaft, wherein the first mechanism includes a slot that is irregularly shaped, and wherein a pin of the shaft is to traverse the slot when the computing device is to change between a first operation mode and a second operation mode;
- and
- a second mechanism, wherein the first mechanism is to engage the second mechanism when the computing device is to change from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.