Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinged device
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Application No.: US17537376Application Date: 2021-11-29
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Publication No.: US11720144B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Denys V. Yaremenko , Daniel C. Park , Errol Mark Tazbaz
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Rainier Patents, P.S.
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; F16C11/04

Abstract:
The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion and a second portion that are rotatably secured relative to a hinge axis through a range of rotation from a closed orientation to an open orientation. The example can also include an oblong friction shaft and a friction band secured to the first portion and defining an oblong aperture configured to receive the oblong friction shaft. At the closed orientation a major axis of the oblong friction shaft is aligned with a major axis of the oblong aperture to provide a relatively low resistance to rotation and at the open orientation the major axis of the oblong friction shaft is rotated relative to the major axis of the oblong aperture to provide a relatively high resistance to rotation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230168713A1 HINGED DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-06-01
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