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US 10,649,498 B2Granted
Kickstands
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChung-Hua Ku, Wei-Chung Chen, Wen-Hua Ni, Kuan-Ting Wu
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Abstract
In one example, a kickstand for a mobile computing device is described. The kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of the mobile computing device, respectively, proximate the middle of the first side and the second side of the housing such that the U shaped kickstand provides the space for disposing the components in the housing without significantly affecting form factors and/or aesthetic aspects of the mobile computing device in typing, inking and retracted modes.
Claims11
A kickstand, comprising:
- a U shaped kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of a mobile computing device through a barrel shaped mounting hole, respectively, the barrel shaped mounting hole being located at a middle location equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the first side and equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the second side of the housing,
- wherein first end and the second each include a hinge mechanism to rotatably couple to the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively,
- wherein the hinge mechanism comprises:
- a support plate that is to rigidly attach to each of the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively;
- a shaft assembly including a cam and a spring washer, the shaft assembly to be rigidly held in each support plate and further to rotatably receive and provide a spring force to the first end and the second end of the U shaped kickstand;
- and
- a fastener to rotatably hold in place each of the first end and the second end of the U-shaped kickstand, in the shaft assembly.
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A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a housing having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side and further having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- a hinge mechanism;
- and
- a U shaped kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end being rotatably coupled through a barrel shaped mounting hole, relative to the first side and the second side of the housing via the hinge mechanism, the barrel shaped mounting hole being located at a middle location equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the first side and equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the second side of the housing,
- wherein first end and the second each include the hinge mechanism to rotatably couple to the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively,
- wherein the hinge mechanism comprises:
- a support plate that is to rigidly attach to each of the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively;
- a shaft assembly including a cam and a spring washer, the shaft assembly to be rigidly held in each support plate and further to rotatably receive and provide a spring force to the first end and the second end of the U shaped kickstand;
- and
- a fastener to rotatably hold in place each of the first end and the second end of the U-shaped kickstand, in the shaft assembly.
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A tablet, comprising:
- a housing having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side and further having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- a U shaped kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end being rotatably coupled to the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively through a barrel shaped mounting hole, the barrel shaped mounting hole being located at a middle location equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the first side and equidistant from a bottom end and a top end of the second side of the housing,
- wherein first end and the second each include a hinge mechanism to rotatably couple to the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively,
- wherein the hinge mechanism comprises:
- a support plate that is to rigidly attach to each of the first side and the second side of the housing, respectively;
- a shaft assembly including a cam and a spring washer, the shaft assembly to be rigidly held in each support plate and further to rotatably receive and provide a spring force to the first end and the second end of the U shaped kickstand;
- and
- a fastener to rotatably hold in place each of the first end and the second end of the U-shaped kickstand, in the shaft assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.