Dual screen electronic devices with stowable keyboards
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMikko Makinen, Gustavo Fricke
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods have been disclosed that include example hinges that enable a physical keyboard to be stowed between halves of a closed electronic device with dual screens. An example device includes a first screen, a second screen, a first hinge pair, and a second hinge pair. The first hinge pair and the second hinge pair enable 360 degrees of rotation between the first screen and the second screen. The device also includes a physical keyboard that is couplable to a plurality of positions on at least one of the first screen or the second screen.
Claims21
A device comprising:
- a first screen having a first end and a second end;
- a second screen having a third end and a fourth end;
- a first hinge pair;
- a second hinge pair, the first hinge pair and the second hinge pair to enable 360 degrees of rotation between the first screen and the second screen, the first screen positionable relative to the second screen such that the first end and the third end are separated a first distance and the second end and the fourth end are separated a second distance when the device is in a closed position, the second distance less than the first distance, the first distance corresponding to a gap between the first and third ends;
- and a physical keyboard dimensioned to be stowed in the gap, and the physical keyboard couplable in a plurality of positions on at least a portion of at least one of the first screen or the second screen.
A device comprising:
- a first screen having a first end and a second end;
- a second screen having a third end and a fourth end;
- means for rotatably coupling the first screen and the second screen to enable at least one of the first screen or the second screen to move between an open position and a closed position, the first end and the third end are separated a first distance when in the closed position, and the second end and the fourth end are separated a second distance when in the closed position, the second distance less than the first distance, the first end and the third end defining a gap therebetween when the first and second screens are in the closed position;
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- a physical keyboard stowable in the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.