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US 10,540,313 B2Granted
Computing devices with movable input/output connectors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsShih Chuan Huang, Yu Cheng Wu, Chih Sheng Liao, Hsin Wen Hsu, Benjiman White, William E. Hertling, Mike Whitmarsh
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to computing devices with movable input/output (I/O) connectors. For example, a computing device may include a chassis of the computing device and an I/O connector to connect an I/O device to the computing device. The I/O connector may be movable about an axis relative to the chassis by at least 180 degrees such that the I/O connector is accessible from multiple sides of the chassis.
Claims21
A computing device, comprising:
- a chassis of the computing device, wherein the chassis comprises multiple sides, the multiple sides correspond to different portions of an exterior surface of the computing device, the multiple sides comprise a first side coinciding with a first portion of the exterior surface and a second side coinciding with a second portion of the exterior surface, the first portion of the exterior surface having a first surface normal, the second portion of the exterior surface having a second surface normal, and the first surface normal has an angular separation of at least 180 degrees from the second surface normal;
- a track to extend along a path that coincides with the first side and the second side;
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- an input/output (I/O) connector to connect an I/O device to the computing device, wherein the I/O connector is mounted to the track such that translation of the I/O connector along the track causes the I/O connector to move about an axis corresponding to the chassis by at least 180 degrees such that the I/O connector is accessible from at least the first side and the second side.
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A desktop computing device, comprising:
- a cover of the desktop computing device, wherein the cover comprises a plurality of sides, the plurality of sides correspond to different portions of an exterior surface of the cover, the plurality of sides comprise a first side coinciding with a first portion of the exterior surface and a second side coinciding with a second portion of the exterior surface, the first portion of the exterior surface having a first surface normal, the second portion of the exterior surface having a second surface normal, and the first surface normal has an angular separation of at least 180 degrees from the second surface normal;
- a guide to extend along a path that coincides with the first side and the second side;
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- an input/output (I/O) connector to connect an I/O device to the desktop computing device, wherein the I/O connector is mounted to the guide such that translation of the I/O connector along the guide causes the I/O connector to be positioned at the first side and the second side.
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A monitor, comprising:
- a chassis of the monitor, wherein the chassis comprises a front, a side and a rear;
- a curvilinear track;
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- an input/output (I/O) connector to connect an I/O device to the monitor, wherein the I/O connector is mounted to the track such that movement of the I/O connector along the track causes the I/O connector to be positioned at each of at least two locations, the at least two locations corresponding to at least two of the front, the side and the rear of the chassis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.