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US 2007/0166097 A1Published application
Hollow pivot
AssigneeInFocus Corporation
InventorGreg Sample
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Abstract
Apparatuses, a system, and a method for rotatable coupling of components are disclosed herein.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base having:
- a mounting feature to couple the apparatus to a product housing;
- and
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing;
- and
- a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the apparatus to a second position relative to the apparatus.
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The apparatus, wherein the mounting feature comprises a perimeter feature with a first tab and a second tab, the first and second tabs to define a recess to couple to the product housing.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base having:
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of a product housing;
- and
- a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of a plurality of detents disposed on a pivot member to allow the apparatus to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the apparatus;
- a mating flange, coupled to the base, having a retention mechanism to allow the apparatus to rotatably couple to a pivot member.
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A system, comprising:
- a pivot member, comprising:
- a mounting feature to couple the pivot member to a product housing;
- and
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing;
- and
- a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot member,
- a pivot mate, comprising:
- a pivot mate base having:
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of a product housing;
- and
- a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of a plurality of detents disposed on a pivot member to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot mate;
- a mating flange, coupled to the base, having a retention mechanism to allow the pivot mate to rotatably couple to a pivot member,
- a product housing;
- and
- a device feature.
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A method, comprising:
- mounting a pivot member to a product housing, the pivot member comprising:
- a pivot member base having:
- a mounting feature to couple the pivot member to a product housing;
- and
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing;
- and
- a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot member;
- rotatably coupling a pivot mate to the pivot member, the pivot mate comprising:
- a pivot mate base having:
- a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of a product housing;
- and
- a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of a plurality of detents disposed on a pivot member to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot mate;
- a mating flange, coupled to the base, having a retention mechanism to allow the pivot mate to rotatably couple to a pivot member;
- and
- coupling a device feature to the pivot mate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.