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US 11,539,172 B2Granted
Reveal ports
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlan Reid Williamson, Clinton Troy Jensen
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Abstract
In an example, an apparatus includes a body moveable relative to a housing, a port coupled to the body, and a guide member to guide the body between positions to reveal the port. In another example, an electronics device includes a port area defined by a housing, a cover to cover the port area in a first orientation, a guide to allow the cover to rotate to a second orientation to reveal the port area, and a positioner member to bias the cover into the first orientation or the second orientation.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a body moveable relative to the housing, the body including:
- a first surface substantially parallel to a surface of the housing when the body is in a first position;
- and
- a second surface substantially parallel to the surface of the housing when the body is in the first position;
- a port coupled to the body, the port concealed within the housing when the body is in the first position;
- a guide member coupled to the body, the guide member to guide the body to move between the first position and a second position to reveal the port, the first surface to protrude from the housing when the body is in the second position and the second surface which rotates to withdraw into the housing when the body is in the second position;
- and
- a positioner member coupled to the guide member, the positioner member having a detent to bias the guide member into a first orientation corresponding to the first position of the body or a second orientation corresponding to the second position of the body.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a first body member having:
- a first surface that is substantially flush with the housing when the first body member is in a first orientation;
- and
- a second surface that is oblique or perpendicular to the first surface;
- a port integrated into the first body member and accessible on the second surface of the first body member;
- and
- a second body member coupled to the first body member, the second body member to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the first body member, the second body member to rotate to a second orientation to reveal the port on the second surface of the first body member.
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An electronics device, comprising:
- a first body member that includes a housing defining a port area;
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- a cover coupled to the first body member to cover the port area when in a first orientation;
- a second body member coupled to the first body member, the second body member to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the first body member, the second body member to rotate to a second orientation to reveal the port area of the first body member;
- a guide to allow for rotation of the cover, the cover to rotate into a second orientation to reveal the port area such that at least part of the cover withdraws into the housing;
- and
- a positioner member coupled to the guide, the positioner member having a detent to bias the guide into the first orientation or the second orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.