Information handling systems with a flexible printed circuit tensioning system and methods of making the same

A method of making an information handling system, the method comprising:

• fixing an upper surface of a flexible printed circuit in a cover segment of the flexible printed circuit to an inner surface of a hinge cover;
• while the upper surface of the flexible printed circuit in the cover segment is fixed to the inner surface of the hinge cover, coupling the hinge cover to first and second housings that each have opposing front and rear edge portions such that the hinge cover extends along at least a portion of the rear edge portion of each of the first and second housings, wherein the rear edge portion of the first housing is pivotally coupled to the rear edge portion of the second housing such that the first and second housings are pivotable between:
• an open state;
• and
• a closed state in which the front edge portion of the second housing is disposed closer to the front edge portion of the first housing than when the first and second housings are in the open state;
• and
• fixing each of two housings segments of the flexible printed circuit to the rear edge portion of a respective one of the first and second housings;
• wherein:
• the flexible printed circuit includes two free segments that each connect a respective one of the housing segments to the cover segment;
• and
• when the hinge cover is coupled to the first and second housings and the housing segments are each fixed to the rear edge portion of a respective one of the first and second housings, each of the free segments:
• is movable relative to the hinge cover and to the first and second housings when the first and second housings pivot between the open and closed states;
• and
• underlies the inner surface of the hinge cover when the first and second housings are in the open state.

An information handling system comprising:

• first and second housings that each have opposing front and rear edge portions, wherein the rear edge portion of the second housing is pivotally coupled to the rear edge portion of the first housing such that the first and second housings are pivotable between:
• an open state;
• and
• a closed state in which the front edge portion of the second housing is disposed closer to the front edge portion of the first housing than when the first and second housings are in the open state;
• a hinge cover that has opposing inner and outer surfaces and extends along at least a portion of the rear edge portion of each of the first and second housings;
• and
• a flexible printed circuit that has opposing upper and lower surfaces and extends between the first and second housings, wherein the flexible printed circuit includes:
• a cover segment in which the upper surface of the flexible printed circuit is fixed to the inner surface of the hinge cover;
• two housing segments, each fixed to a respective one of the first and second housings;
• and
• two helical free segments, each:
• movable relative to the hinge cover and to the first and second housings when the first and second housings pivot between the open and closed states;
• and
• connecting a respective one of the housing segments to the cover segment.