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US 12,693,711 B2Granted
Locking mechanism for thin bezel and repairable device
AssigneereMarkable AS
InventorsSteffi Ramsay, Johan Nyman, Siri Törnqvist, Øyvind Sanden
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a locking mechanism for a tablet computer, the locking mechanism comprising at least three locking plates having an open position and a locked position, wherein when the locking plates are in the locked position, the first tablet half of the tablet computer is coupled to the second half of the tablet computer. The locking plates enable the tablet computer to have a thinner bezel than conventional tablet computers which facilitates repair of the tablet computer.
Claims18
A tablet device, comprising:
- a first tablet half, wherein the first tablet half includes a display device;
- a second tablet half;
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- a locking mechanism, comprising at least three locking plates having an open position and a locked position, wherein when the locking plates are in the locked position, the first tablet half is fixed to the second tablet half;
- wherein each locking plate of the at least three locking plates is slidably mounted to the second tablet half;
- wherein a first end of each locking plate of the at least three locking plates is respectively positioned over an outer hole of a plurality of outer holes that passes through the second tablet half, wherein each outer hole of the plurality of outer holes respectively reside inside a support foot of a plurality of support feet on a backside of the second tablet half;
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- wherein each locking plate of the at least three locking plates includes a first alignment hole and a second alignment hole, wherein each of the first alignment holes respectively reside over the plurality of outer holes when the locking plate is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.