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US 2018/0120895 A1Published application
Geared housing assembly
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMatthew Ian Tucker, Samuel Jackson Patterson, Cuong Huy Truong, Ali Kathryn Ent
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Abstract
An apparatus can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a first housing that includes a first geared edge and a processor; a second housing that includes a second geared edge and an electronic component accessible by the processor; and a link that operatively couples and meshes the first geared edge and the second geared edge.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory accessible by the processor;
- a first housing that comprises opposing sides that extend to a first fixed geared back edge to define a first housing thickness less than approximately 25 mm and that comprises the processor;
- a second housing that comprises opposing sides that extend to a second fixed geared back edge to define a second housing thickness less than approximately 25 mm and that comprises an electronic component accessible by the processor;
- a closed orientation of the first and second housings wherein a display of one of the first and second housings faces inwardly and wherein the first fixed geared back edge and the second fixed geared back edge form a palm contact carrying surface that comprises a width of at least approximately 74 mm;
- a tablet orientation of the first and second housings wherein the display faces outwardly and wherein the first fixed geared back edge and the second fixed geared back edge form a palm contact carrying surface that comprises a width of at least approximately 74 mm;
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- a link that operatively couples and meshes the first fixed geared back edge and the second fixed geared back edge for transitions between the closed orientation and the tablet orientation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory accessible by the processor;
- a first housing that comprises a first geared edge and the processor;
- a second housing that comprises a second geared edge and an electronic component accessible by the processor;
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- a link that operatively couples and meshes the first geared edge and the second geared edge,
- wherein the first housing comprises a thickness that is less than a thickness of the second housing and wherein the first geared edge comprises a radius that is less than a radius of the second geared edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.