Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible hinge protrusion attachment
- Patent Title (中): 柔性铰链突起附件
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Application No.: US13564520Application Date: 2012-08-01
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Publication No.: US09158384B2Publication Date: 2015-10-13
- Inventor: David Otto Whitt, III , Eric Joseph Wahl , David C. Vandervoort , Todd David Pleake , Rob Huala , Summer L. Schneider , Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin , Matthew David Mickelson , Joel Lawrence Pelley , Timothy C. Shaw , Ralf Groene , Hua Wang , Christopher Harry Stoumbos , Karsten Aagaard
- Applicant: David Otto Whitt, III , Eric Joseph Wahl , David C. Vandervoort , Todd David Pleake , Rob Huala , Summer L. Schneider , Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin , Matthew David Mickelson , Joel Lawrence Pelley , Timothy C. Shaw , Ralf Groene , Hua Wang , Christopher Harry Stoumbos , Karsten Aagaard
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Jeremy Snodgrass; Judy Yee; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; G06F3/02 ; H01H13/79 ; H01H13/78 ; H01H13/785 ; H05K5/02 ; H04M1/02 ; H04M1/725 ; G05B11/01 ; G06F3/041 ; H01H13/704 ; H01H13/82 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F3/01 ; H01H13/702 ; H01H13/14 ; H01H13/703 ; G06F9/54 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F13/10 ; G06F3/023 ; H01H9/26

Abstract:
Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130229757A1 FLEXIBLE HINGE PROTRUSION ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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