Mobile computing device having a flexible hinge structure
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorKabir Siddiqui
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Abstract
Techniques involving a mobile computing device having a flexible hinge structure are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile computing device includes a plurality of housings, a display device that is flexible, and a flexible hinge structure. The flexible hinge structure secures the plurality of housings to each other, permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other, and supports a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the flexible hinge structure.
Claims20
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a plurality of housings;
- a display device that is flexible;
- and
- a flexible hinge structure that:
- secures the plurality of housings to each other;
- permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other, the flexible hinge structure supporting a plurality of configurations of the plurality of housings in relation to each other, one said configuration positioning the plurality of housings along a single plane and at least a second said configuration positioning the plurality of housings stacked in relation to each other configured to expose at least a portion of the display device so as to be viewable;
- contacts the display device that is flexible;
- and
- supports a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the flexible hinge structure.
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a display device that is flexible;
- a plurality of housings;
- and
- a plurality of flexible hinge structures that:
- secures the plurality of housings, one to another;
- permits the plurality of housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other;
- and
- forms a continuous viewing area of the display device that extends across the plurality of housings and the plurality of flexible hinge structures by contacting the flexible display device in a space between the plurality of housings.
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a flexible hinge structure that:
- secures housings of the mobile computing device to each other;
- permits the housings to rotate about an axis in relation to each other supporting multiple configurations of the housings in relation to each other, one said configuration positioning the housings along a single plane and at least a second said configuration positioning the housings stacked in relation to each other;
- contacts a flexible display device of the mobile computing device;
- and
- supports a continuous viewing area of the flexible display device that extends across the housings and the flexible hinge structure;
- and
- a biasing mechanism configured to bias positioning of the housings in a particular one of the multiple configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.