Mobile Computing Device having a Flexible Hinge Structure
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorKabir Siddiqui
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Abstract
Techniques involving a mobile computing device having a flexible hinge structure are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile computing device includes a plurality of housings, a display device that is flexible, and a flexible hinge structure. The flexible hinge structure secures the plurality of housings to each other, permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other, and supports a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the flexible hinge structure.
Claims20
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a plurality of housings;
- a display device that is flexible;
- and
- a flexible hinge structure that:
- secures the plurality of housings to each other;
- permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other;
- and
- supports a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the flexible hinge structure.
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a display device that is flexible;
- a plurality of housings;
- and
- a plurality of flexible hinge structures that:
- secures the plurality of housings, one to another;
- permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other;
- and
- supports a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the plurality of flexible hinge structures thereby forming a continuous surface.
A device comprising:
- a plurality of planar surfaces;
- and
- a flexible hinge structure joining the plurality of planar surfaces and configured to permit rotation about an axis, the flexible hinge structure including a first member having an outer surface that is configured to be secured to a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.