Micro-hinge for an electronic device
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1. A personal computing device comprising:
- a first housing portion;
a second housing portion; and
a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion, the hinge configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion,wherein the hinge comprises a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment is to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge, the hinge is joined to the first housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the first housing portion, and the hinge is joined to the second housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the second housing portion.
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A personal computing device is provided with a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion. The hinge is configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion. The hinge can be implemented as a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge to enable the rotation of the first housing portion.
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19 Claims
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1. A personal computing device comprising:
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a first housing portion; a second housing portion; and a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion, the hinge configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion, wherein the hinge comprises a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment is to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge, the hinge is joined to the first housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the first housing portion, and the hinge is joined to the second housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the second housing portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A personal computing device comprising:
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a first housing portion housing a touchscreen display device; a second housing portion housing a keyboard and at least one data processor; and a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion, the hinge configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion, wherein the hinge comprises a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge, the plurality of parallel axes are parallel to each of an edge of the first housing and an edge of the second housing, the hinge facilitates an electrical connection between at least the keyboard and the at least one data processor, rotation of the first housing relative to the second housing triggers transitions of the personal computing device between a laptop mode and a tablet mode, the hinge is joined to the first housing by at least three attachments along the edge of the first housing, and the hinge is joined to the second housing portion by at least three attachments along the edge of the second housing.
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16. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory element; at least one first computer component housed in a first housing; at least one second computer component housed in a second housing; a hinge to couple the first and second housings, the hinge configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion, wherein the hinge comprises a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment is to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge, the hinge is joined to the first housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the first housing portion, and the hinge is joined to the second housing portion by at least three attachments along an edge of the second housing portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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