# US 2019/0302839 A1 · System and Method of Making a Housing for an Information Handling System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0302839 A1 - Document ID: US20190302839A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/944,043 - Filed: 2018-04-03 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-03 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Sacha Benjamin Holland; Yaotsung Chang; Kuo-hsiang Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190302839A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/169: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)} - B29C 45/0017: {moulding interconnected elements which are movable with respect to one another, e.g. chains or hinges} - B29C 45/4471: {using flexible or pivotable undercut forming elements (B29C45/4435 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/0213: {Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard, e.g. trackball, mini-joystick (for pointing devices integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/169; joysticks G05G9/047; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)} - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - B29K 2055/02: ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers - B29L 2031/3481: {Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may inject material into a mold for a housing of an information handling system through at least one cavity for at least one pivot and through multiple positions adjacent to a clickpad cavity to create a clickpad portion of the housing; may create multiple bridges at multiple positions that bind the clickpad portion of the housing to other portions of the housing; and may remove the multiple bridges to permit the clickpad portion of the housing to rotate about the at least one pivot. For example, the housing of the information handling system, the at least one pivot, and the clickpad holder may be formed of a unitary material. For instance, the unitary material may be or include a polymer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information handling system, comprising: at least one processor; a memory medium that is coupled to the at least one processor and that includes instructions, executable by the at least one processor; a housing; a clickpad holder; and at least one pivot coupling the housing and the clickpad holder; wherein the housing, the clickpad holder, and the at least one pivot are formed of a unitary material; and wherein the at least one pivot permits the clickpad holder to rotate relative to the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising: a pad coupled to the clickpad holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information handling system of claim 2, wherein the pad is formed of at least one of a Mylar material, glass, and a paint material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising: a printed circuit board coupled to the clickpad and communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the printed circuit board includes circuitry that determines at least one position of at least one digit of a user, relative to the clickpad holder, and that provides, to the at least one processor, the at least one position of the at least one digit of the user; and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the information handling system to: receive data associated with the at least one position of the at least one digit of the user; and provide the data associated with the at least one position of the at least one digit of the user to an application executed by the at least one processor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information handling system of claim 4, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to the clickpad via an adhesive material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The information handling system of claim 4, wherein the unitary material includes a polymer material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information handling system of claim 5, wherein the polymer material includes at least one of an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) material, a thermoplastic polymer, and a thermosetting polymer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one pivot is formed of a plurality of pivot elements. ### Claim 9 A method, comprising: injecting material into a mold for a housing of an information handling system through at least one cavity for at least one pivot and through a plurality of positions adjacent to a clickpad cavity to create a clickpad portion of the housing; creating a plurality of bridges at the plurality of positions that bind the clickpad portion of the housing to other portions of the housing; and removing the plurality of bridges to permit the clickpad portion of the housing to rotate about the at least one pivot. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the removing the plurality of bridges includes cutting the plurality of bridges away from the clickpad portion of the housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the removing the plurality of bridges includes burning the plurality of bridges away from the clickpad portion of the housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one cavity for the at least one pivot includes a plurality of cavities for a respective plurality of pivots. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: coupling a printed circuit board to a first side of the clickpad portion of the housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: coupling a pad to a second side of the clickpad portion of the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the pad includes at least one of a Mylar pad, a glass pad, and a paint material. ### Claim 16 A housing of an information handling system, comprising: a clickpad holder; and at least one pivot coupling the housing and the clickpad holder; wherein the housing, the clickpad holder, and the at least one pivot are formed of a unitary material; and wherein the at least one pivot permits the clickpad holder to rotate relative to the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The housing of claim 16, wherein the unitary material includes a polymer material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The housing of claim 16, wherein the polymer material includes at least one of an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) material, a thermoplastic polymer, and a thermosetting polymer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The housing of claim 16, wherein the at least one pivot is formed of a plurality of pivot elements. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The housing of claim 16, wherein the at least one pivot is formed of a single pivot element.