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US 9,851,748 B2Granted
Display member and base member magnetically attracted
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark David Senatori, Insun Hong, Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Kevin L Massaro
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Abstract
A display member and a base member. A support member can be attached between the display member and the base member. The support member can extend from the display member. A magnetic latch can magnetically attract an edge of the display member to one of the support member and the base.
Claims16
A computing device comprising:
- a display device comprising a first magnet;
- a base member with a first surface and comprising a second magnet;
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- a support member comprising a third magnet and attached between the display device and the base member, wherein the display device is rotatably attached to the support member, and the display device is rotatable to a plurality of angles with respect to the support member;
- wherein the third magnet is to magnetically attract the first magnet to hold the display device in a retracted position against a surface of the support member, and the support member has a curved contact surface to contact a corresponding curved surface of the display device when the display device is at the retracted position, and wherein the second magnet is to magnetically attract the first magnet to position the display device at a first position away from the support member and over the first surface of the base member.
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A portable computing device comprising:
- a base member comprising first and second magnets and having a back edge and a front edge;
- a support member comprising a third magnet and rotatably attached to the back edge of the base member;
- a display device comprising a fourth magnet and rotatably attached to the support member,
- wherein the third magnet is to magnetically attract the fourth magnet to hold the display device in a retracted position against a surface of the support member, and the first and second magnets are to magnetically attract the fourth magnet to position the display device at respective first and second positions away from the support member between the back edge and the front edge of the base member;
- a switch in the base member to change states when the fourth magnet of the display device is in proximity of the switch;
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- a processor responsive to the changing states of the switch by changing a user interface displayed by the display device from a first mode where user input is received using an input device separate from the display device, and a second mode where user input is received using a touch-sensitive surface of the display device.
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A method comprising:
- rotatably attaching a first end of a support member to a display device, the support member comprising a first magnet, and the display device comprising a second magnet;
- rotatably attaching a second end of the support member to a base member comprising a third magnet and a keyboard, wherein the second magnet is to magnetically attract the first magnet to hold the display device in a retracted position against a surface of the support member, and the third magnet is to magnetically attract the second magnet to position the display device at a first position away from the support member and over a surface of the base member;
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- providing the support member with a curved contact surface to contact a corresponding curved surface of the display device when the display device is at the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.