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US 2020/0050243 A1Published application
Hinged device and associated input device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsYoung S. KIM, Scott D. SCHENONE, Timothy G. ESCOLIN, Panos C. PANAY
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Abstract
The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices and associated input devices. One example can include first and second device portions and a hinge assembly rotatably securing the first portion and the second portion through a range of orientations. This example can also include a wedge-shaped input device extending between a first end having a first thickness and a second end having a second greater thickness. In a closed orientation the first and second portions simultaneously contact the first end and the second end.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a first portion associated with a first planar display, the first portion extending between a first hinge end and a first distal end;
- a second portion associated with a second planar display, the second portion extending between a second hinge end and a second distal end;
- a hinge assembly rotatably securing the first hinge end of the first portion and the second hinge end of the second portion through a range of orientations from a first closed orientation with the first planar display and the second planar display facing toward one another to a second closed orientation with the first planar display and the second planar display facing away from one another;
- and,
- a wireless detachable input device extending between a thicker end and a thinner end, the thicker end of the wireless detachable input device being rotatably secured to the second distal end of the second portion, the wireless detachable input device having first and second major surfaces that are non-parallel to one another,
- in the first closed orientation, the first distal end of the first planar display does not contact the second distal end of the second planar display, the first planar display of the first portion is in contact with the first major surface of the wireless detachable input device, and the second planar display of the second portion is in contact with the second major surface of the wireless detachable input device.
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A device, comprising:
- a first portion associated with a first display, the first portion extending between a first hinge end and a first distal end;
- a second portion associated with a second display, the second portion extending between a second hinge end and a second distal end;
- a hinge assembly rotatably securing the first hinge end of the first portion and the second hinge end of the second portion through a range of orientations starting with a closed orientation with the first display and the second display facing toward one another;
- and,
- a wedge-shaped input device extending between a thicker end and a thinner end, the thicker end of the wedge-shaped input device being rotatably secured to the second distal end of the second portion, the wedge-shaped input device having first and second major non-parallel planar surfaces and comprising magnetic alignment assemblies that automatically align the wedge-shaped input device to the second portion so that in the closed orientation the first display is parallel to the first major surface, the second display is parallel to the second major surface, and the first display does not contact the second display.
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A device, comprising:
- a first portion extending between a first hinge end and a first distal end;
- a second portion extending between a second hinge end and a second distal end,
- a hinge assembly rotatably securing the first hinge end of the first portion and the second hinge end of the second portion through a 360-degree range of orientations;
- and,
- a wedge-shaped input device extending between a thicker end and a thinner end, the thicker end of the wedge-shaped input device being rotatably secured to the second distal end of the second portion, and in a closed orientation end regions of the first and second portions simultaneously contact an edge portion of the thicker end and an edge portion of the thinner end of the wedge-shaped input device, and the first portion does not contact the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.