Hybrid computing device, apparatus and system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSameer Sharma, Gadi Amit, Yoshikuzu Hoshino, Chadwick Harber, Daniel Clifton, Kenneth Jasinski
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Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a hybrid computing device. Some embodiments may comprise a computing device having an enclosure arranged to support a display on a front of the enclosure and a cover mechanically coupled to a side of the enclosure, the cover comprising a first portion having at least one integrated input device and a second portion having at least one flexible seam arranged to allow the second portion to adjustably pivot around the seam. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
A mobile computing system comprising:
- a display;
- an enclosure to support the display on a front of the enclosure;
- and
- a cover comprising:
- a first portion comprising a keyboard and a groove to receive an edge of the enclosure, the first portion arranged to conceal the display in a closed configuration of the mobile computing system;
- a second portion consisting of a first fractional portion and a second fractional portion;
- and
- a first hinge directly coupling the first portion to the first fractional portion of the second portion, the first fractional portion of the second portion directly attached to the first hinge, the second portion further comprising a second hinge positioned between the first fractional portion and the second fractional portion, the first portion and the first fractional portion of the second portion forming an acute angle at the first hinge when the mobile computing system is in an open configuration, the second fractional portion of the second portion positioned on a back surface of the enclosure when the mobile computing system is in the open configuration.
A cover comprising:
- a first portion comprising a keyboard and a groove, wherein the groove receives an edge of a body of a tablet computer when the cover and the tablet computer are in an open configuration, wherein the first portion conceals a display of the tablet computer when the cover and the tablet computer are in a closed configuration;
- a first hinge;
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- a second portion consisting of a first fractional portion and a second fractional portion, the first fractional portion of the second portion directly attached to the first hinge, the second portion further comprising a second hinge positioned between the first fractional portion and the second fractional portion, wherein the first portion and the first fractional portion of the second portion form an acute angle at the first hinge when the cover and the tablet computer are in the open configuration, wherein the second fractional portion of the second portion is positionable on a back surface of the tablet computer when the cover and the tablet computer are in the open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.