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US 9,753,507 B2Granted
Redistribute weight of computing device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorChun-Chieh Chen
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Abstract
A computing device includes a display and a fluid channel. The fluid channel includes channel sections and fluid. The fluid may move between respective channel sections to redistribute a weight of the computing device.
Claims15
A tablet computing device, comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a display housing to support the display, the display housing having a plurality of sides and a housing cavity;
- electronic components disposed in the housing cavity, the electronic components configured to enable operation of the tablet computing device;
- a fluid channel disposed in the housing cavity, the fluid channel including a plurality of channel sections in which each channel section corresponds to a respective side of the tablet computing device;
- and
- a fluid stored in the fluid channel to move between respective portions of the channel sections based on a rotation of the display housing to redistribute a weight of the tablet computing device.
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A hybrid notebook computing device, comprising:
- a keyboard housing including a keyboard;
- a display housing removably attached to the keyboard housing, the display housing including a plurality of sides and a housing cavity;
- a display disposed on the display housing;
- electronic components disposed in the housing cavity, the electronic components to enable operation of the display;
- a fluid channel disposed in the housing cavity, the fluid channel including a plurality of channel sections in which each channel section corresponds to a respective side of the display housing;
- and
- a fluid stored in the fluid channel to move between respective portions of the channel sections based on a rotation of the display housing to redistribute a weight thereof.
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A method of operating a tablet computing device, the method comprising:
- holding a tablet computing device having a plurality of sides;
- rotating the tablet computing device;
- moving a fluid within a fluid channel having a plurality of channel sections corresponding to the plurality of sides of the tablet computing device, respectively, between portions of the channel sections in response to a rotation of the tablet computing device and gravitational forces to redistribute a weight of the tablet computing device;
- and
- distributing heat from electronic components of the tablet computing device by the fluid in the fluid channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.