Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System hinge assembly
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Application No.: US16945414Application Date: 2020-07-31
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Publication No.: US11216043B1Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Joseph Anthony Holung , Bouziane Yebka , Philip John Jakes , Tin-Lup Wong , Joseph David Plunkett
- Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agent Brian J. Pangrle
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; E05D7/00 ; E05D11/00 ; H02S10/40 ; H02K37/18

Abstract:
A system can include a housing; a hinge assembly operatively coupled to the housing for rotation of the housing about a hinge axis, where the hinge assembly includes permanent magnets that generate a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field orientable with respect to each other via rotation of the housing, where the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field include an aligned orientation, generate a clockwise restoring torque responsive to rotation of the housing in a first rotational direction from the aligned orientation, and generate a counterclockwise restoring torque responsive to rotation of the housing in a second, opposite rotational direction from the aligned orientation; and an electromagnetic mover operatively coupled to the housing for rotation of the housing about the hinge axis.
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