Hinge assembly for a cover
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorWee Loon Jason Lim
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Abstract
A hinge assembly for use in connecting a cover to a frame of a personal digital assistant (PDA) or the like. The hinge assembly is arranged so that the cover will auto-close or auto-open depending on the angular orientation of the cover.
Claims29
A hinge assembly for connecting a cover to a device, said assembly including a boss member on which a biasing means is arranged to be mounted, a cover connection member arranged to be rotatably mounted on said device, said connection member having a first end portion including cam means arranged to interact with at least one portion of said biasing means and a second portion to which said cover is arranged to be connected.
An assembly including a device having opposed side walls, a cover arranged for connection to the device and at least one hinge assembly, said at least one hinge assembly including a boss member on which a torsion spring is arranged to be mounted, a cover connection member arranged to be mounted on one of said side walls, said connection member having a first portion including cam means arranged to interact with at least one portion of said torsion spring and a second portion to which said cover is arranged to be connected.
A hinge assembly for connecting a cover to a device, the cover being arranged to move between a fully open and a fully closed position, the hinge assembly including a cover connection member arranged to join said cover to said device and biasing means arranged to engage with a portion of said connection member and to bias said cover towards either said fully opening or said fully closed position depending on the orientation of the connection member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.