Adjustable portable computer
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMitch Williams, Richard Rangel
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Abstract
Portable computers include a display unit and a base unit. The base unit often includes a keyboard and a touch-sensing device. The position of the display unit relative to the base unit can be adjusted. In one embodiment, a track and support bar is used to vary the display unit's height. In another embodiment, a collapsible support bar is used to vary the display unit's height. In another embodiment, a ball-and-socket joint is used to pivot the display unit. In another embodiment, a retractable touch-sensing device is attached to the base unit.
Claims29
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing having a display;
- and
- a support section to vary distance between the first and the second housing, the support section comprising a rigid conductor, the conductor to connect electrically the first and second housing.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing having a keyboard;
- a second housing having a display;
- a first channel disposed within said second housing;
- a support adjustable to vary distance between first and second housing, the support disposed at least partially within the first channel;
- an electrical conductor disposed within the support, the conductor to connect electrically the first and second housing.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing having a keyboard;
- a first track connected to the first housing;
- a first joint to connect a bar to the first track;
- a second housing having a display;
- a second track connected to the second housing;
- and
- a second joint to connect the second track and the bar.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing having a display;
- a bar to connect the first and second housing, the bar comprising a first collapsible segment;
- and
- an electrical conductor disposed within the bar, the conductor to connect electrically the first and second housing.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing having a keyboard, the keyboard extending along a first axis;
- a second housing having a display, the second housing adjustable around an axis divergent from said first axis;
- and
- a support section to connect the first and second housing, the support section adjustable to vary distance between the first and second housing, the support section further to provide power to the display.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing having a processor;
- a channel disposed within said housing;
- a support device disposed at least partially within said channel;
- and
- a first touch sensing device to electrically connect to said processor, the first touch sensing device disposed on said support device.
A portable device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing with means to display a video signal;
- a support section with means to vary distance between the first and second housing, the support section comprising a ball-and-socket joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.