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US 8,964,376 B2Granted
Handle attachment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEric Chen, Memphis-Zhihong Yin, Dustin L. Hoffman
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Abstract
A handle attachment including a mounting mechanism configured to couple the handle attachment to a computing machine and a clutch mechanism configured to reposition the handle attachment and lock the handle attachment in at least one position from the computing machine.
Claims21
A computing machine comprising:
- a handle attachment;
- a first end mounting mechanism and a second end mounting mechanism configured to couple a first end and a second end of the handle attachment to a base of the computing machine;
- and
- a clutch mechanism configured to rotate and selectively lock the handle attachment at a plurality of positions with respect to the computing machine, the clutch mechanism including:
- indentations corresponding to the plurality of positions,
- an indentation component engageable with the indentations to selectively lock the handle attachment at the corresponding plurality of positions, and
- a first portion rotatable with rotation of the handle attachment, and
- a second portion engaged to one of the first end and second end mounting mechanisms and including a housing and being non-rotatable while the first portion rotates, and the second portion further including a shaft protruding from a bottom wall of an inner chamber of the housing and extending from the inner chamber to protrude through a spring having an end portion engaged with the indentation component that is located radially away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- wherein the first portion includes an orifice to rotatably engage the shaft.
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A method for repositioning a handle attachment comprising:
- coupling a first end and a second end of the handle attachment to a computing machine;
- providing a mounting mechanism to couple the handle attachment to the computing machine;
- and configuring a clutch mechanism to rotate and selectively lock the handle attachment at a plurality of positions, the clutch mechanism to rotate the handle attachment around an axis on the computing machine in response to a user accessing the handle attachment, the clutch mechanism including:
- indentations corresponding to the plurality of positions,
- an indentation component engageable with the indentations to selectively lock the handle attachment at the corresponding plurality of positions, and
- a first portion rotatable with rotation of the handle attachment, and
- a second portion including a housing and being non-rotatable while the first portion rotates, when the second portion is engaged to the mounting mechanism, and the second portion further including a shaft protruding from a bottom wall of an inner chamber of the housing and extending from the inner chamber to protrude through a spring having an end portion engaged with the indentation component that is located radially away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- wherein the first portion includes an orifice to rotatably engage the shaft.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a handle attachment;
- mounting mechanisms configured to couple the handle attachment to a base of a machine;
- and
- a clutch mechanism configured to rotate and selectively lock the handle attachment at a plurality of positions with respect to the machine, the clutch mechanism including:
- indentations corresponding to the plurality of positions,
- an indentation component engageable with the indentations to selectively lock the handle attachment at the corresponding plurality of positions, and
- a first portion rotatable with rotation of the handle attachment, and
- a second portion engaged to one of the mounting mechanisms and including a housing and being non-rotatable while the first portion rotates, and the second portion further including a shaft protruding from a bottom wall of an inner chamber of the housing and extending from the inner chamber to protrude through a spring having an end portion engaged with the indentation component that is located radially away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- wherein the first portion includes an orifice to rotatably engage the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.