Hinges
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMatthew William Tivnon, Ken Maclean, Owen P. Columbus
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Abstract
A hinge system may include a flat panel to hold a computing device thereon; a hinge coupled to the flat panel to flip the flat panel over to selectively present the computing device to one of a first and second facing users, the hinge including a clutch bearing that allows for rotation relative to a shaft in a first direction to a first of the facing users but prevents rotation of the clutch bearing relative to a shaft in a second direction; and a dampening device to allow for selective rotation of the shaft in the second direction.
Claims15
A hinge system, comprising:
- a flat panel to hold a computing device thereon;
- a hinge coupled to the flat panel to flip the flat panel over to selectively present the computing device to one of a first and second facing users, the hinge comprising:
- a clutch bearing that allows for rotation relative to a shaft in a first direction to a first of the facing users but prevents rotation of the clutch bearing relative to a shaft in a second direction;
- a dampening device to allow for selective rotation of the shaft in the second direction.
A hinge for a display device, comprising:
- an arm;
- a base mechanically coupled to the arm via a rotatable shaft;
- a clutch bearing to allow for free movement of the arm in a first direction about the rotatable shaft while preventing rotation of the arm about the rotatable shaft in a second direction;
- and
- a rotation dampening device to increase the resistance to rotate the arm with the rotatable shaft in the second direction.
A support for a computing device, comprising:
- a shelf to hold and maintain a computing device thereon;
- an arm mechanically coupled to the shelf;
- a base portion mechanically coupled to the arm via a shaft fit into an arm hole formed in the arm and a base hole formed in the base portion;
- a sprag clutch bearing to allow for free movement of the arm about the shaft in a first direction while preventing movement of the arm about the shaft in a second direction;
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- a rotation dampening device to increase the resistance to move the arm with the shaft in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.