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US 11,994,903 B2Granted
Display devices and computer system with protractible hooks for charging
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSyed S Azam, Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Alexander Williams
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Abstract
An example display device includes a housing, a protractible hook fittable within the housing, a charging device coupled to the protractible hook, and an actuation member that moves the protractible hook from the retracted position to a protracted position where the protractible hook is positioned external to the housing.
Claims16
A display device comprising:
- a housing defining a compartment;
- a proximity sensor within the housing;
- a protractible hook, the protractible hook fittable within the compartment of the housing;
- a charging device coupled to the protractible hook;
- and
- an actuation member to move the protractible hook from a retracted position to a protracted position where the protractible hook is positioned external to the housing, the actuation member including:
- a spring-loaded ejection device to eject the protractible hook;
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- a speed control device to control movement speed of the protractible hook between the retracted position and the protracted position;
- the actuation member to automatically transition the protractible hook from the retracted position to the protracted position when the proximity sensor detects a peripheral device within a predetermined threshold distance of the protractible hook.
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A display device comprising:
- a screen;
- a housing around the screen, the housing including a side wall having an aperture
- a proximity sensor within the aperture;
- a protractible hook having:
- a face fittable within the aperture when the protractible hook is in a retracted position;
- a surface perpendicular or oblique to the face;
- a charging device coupled to the protractible hook;
- an actuation member coupled to the protractible hook, the actuation member to move the protractible hook from the retracted position to a protracted position in response to detection of a peripheral device by the proximity sensor;
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- a retainment member coupleable to the protractible hook, the retainment member to sustain the protractible hook in the retracted position.
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An all-in-one computer system comprising:
- a display;
- a housing component coupled to the display, the housing component forming a cavity;
- a protractible hook integrated into the housing component, the protractible hook capable of supporting weight of a wirelessly operable device when the protractible hook is in a protracted position, the protractible hook having:
- a periphery that fits within the cavity;
- a holding area;
- a face aligned flush with a surface of the housing component when the protractible hook is in a retracted position;
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- a wall positioned on an end of the protractible hook opposite the face;
- a charging device integrated in the protractible hook;
- an actuation member mechanically coupled to the protractible hook, the actuation member to drive the protractible hook between the retracted position and the protracted position;
- a controller in communication with the actuation member;
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- a proximity sensor in communication with the controller, the controller to activate the actuation member to drive the protractible hook between the retracted position and the protracted position based on location data from the proximity sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.