Rotatable and extendable display portion of a computing device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsLawrence Lam, Gadi Amit
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Abstract
In one general aspect a computing device can include a base portion including an input region, a display portion, and a rotating mechanism fixedly coupled to the display portion. The computing device can include a connecting rod coupled to the rotating mechanism and to the base portion. The rotating mechanism and connecting rod can be configured to move a bottom portion of the display portion in a direction away from the input region in response to the display portion being rotated about an axis of the rotating mechanism from a closed position with respect to the base portion toward a flat position with respect to the base portion.
Claims23
A computing device, comprising:
- a base portion including an input region;
- a display portion;
- a rotating mechanism fixedly coupled to the display portion;
- a connecting rod coupled to the rotating mechanism and to the base portion, the rotating mechanism and connecting rod are configured to move a bottom portion of the display portion in a direction away from the input region in response to the display portion being rotated about an axis of the rotating mechanism from a closed position with respect to the base portion toward a flat position with respect to the base portion,
- wherein the rotating mechanism is configured to rotate in response to the display portion being rotated about the axis of the rotating mechanism.
A computing device, comprising:
- a base portion including an input region;
- a display portion configured to rotate about an axis;
- an extension member coupled to the base portion and coupled to the display portion, the extension member including a portion configured to translate in a direction orthogonal to the axis in response to the display portion being rotated about the axis;
- and
- a rotating mechanism rotatably coupled to the extension member and configured to function as a cam.
A computing device, comprising:
- a base portion including an input region;
- an extension member disposed within and coupled to the base portion;
- and
- a display portion operably coupled to the base portion via a gear mechanism, the display portion configured to rotate about an axis, the gear mechanism configured to cause the axis to translate with respect to the input region as the display portion is rotated about the axis from a first open position to a second open position such that the extension member translates out of the base portion as the display portion is rotated about the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.