Dual-screw assembly for device housing
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsDaniel T Lau, Xiaoyi Ma, Nicholas Zell, Andres Ramos
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a device housing and a secondary component removably affixed to the device housing. A dual screw assembly is used to affix the secondary component to the device housing. The dual screw assembly includes a first screw inserted into a housing aperture of the device housing, such that a portion of the first screw extends into an interior of the device housing, and a second screw inserted into a screw aperture formed within a head of the first screw, such that at least a portion of the secondary component is positioned between a head of the second screw and the head of the first screw.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing;
- a secondary component removably affixed to the device housing;
- and
- a dual screw assembly affixing the secondary component to the device housing, the dual screw assembly including:
- a first screw inserted into a housing aperture of the device housing, such that a portion of the first screw extends into an interior of the device housing;
- and
- a second screw inserted into a screw aperture formed within a head of the first screw, such that at least a portion of the secondary component is positioned between a head of the second screw and the head of the first screw.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing;
- a secondary component removably affixed to the device housing;
- and
- a dual screw assembly affixing the secondary component to the device housing, the dual screw assembly including:
- a first screw inserted into a housing aperture of the device housing, such that a portion of the first screw extends into an interior of the device housing;
- a second screw inserted into screw aperture formed within a head of the first screw, such that at least a portion of the secondary component is positioned between a head of the second screw and the head of the first screw, wherein the dual screw assembly enables rotation of the secondary component about an insertion axis of the dual screw assembly;
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- a sealing gasket disposed between the head of the first screw and the device housing, the sealing gasket providing a hermetic seal between the interior of the device housing and an external environment.
An electronic input device, comprising:
- an input subsystem including one or more input mechanisms that, when manipulated, provide user input to a separate computing device;
- a communications interface communicatively connecting the electronic input device to the separate computing device;
- a device housing;
- a secondary component removably affixed to the device housing;
- and
- a dual screw assembly affixing the secondary component to the device housing, the dual screw assembly including:
- a first screw inserted into a housing aperture of the device housing, such that a portion of the first screw extends into an interior of the device housing;
- and
- a second screw inserted into a screw aperture formed within a head of the first screw, such that at least a portion of the secondary component is positioned between a head of the second screw and the head of the first screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.